ANOTHER VIOLENT INCIDENT AT THE CORRECTIONS FACILITY IN LAKE CITY. WHAT AUTHORITIES ARE SAYING ABOUT THE INJURIES TO TWO PRISONERS. PLUS A STATEMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. RIGHT NOW, WE AREN'T SURE IF THE PRISONERS WERE STABBED OR SHOT, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT NO EMPLOYEES AT COLUMBIA CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION WERE HURT. WE SPOKE TO AUTHORITIES WHO AREN'T REALLY TELLING US MUCH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. ASHLEY? Reporter: : NO, THEY ARE NOT, KENT. THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IS STAYING VERY TIGHTLIPPED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE TODAY. LOOK OVER HERE. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OFFICERS ARE STILL HERE. THEY HAVE BEEN FOR SEVERAL HOURS GUARDING THIS FRONT ENTRANCE. NOW, WE HAVE CONFIRMED JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL BE INVOLVED IN THIS INVESTIGATION. COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICIALS BLOCKED THE MAIN ENTRANCE INTO THE COLUMBIA CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION. THEY'RE AMONG THE MANY AGENCIES CALLED HERE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A 911 CALL CONFIRMED THAT TWO INMATES WERE INJURED. THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS HAS NOT SAID WHAT THEIR NAMES ARE. THEY'RE ALSO STAYING HUSH HUSH ABOUT WHAT LED UP TO THE MEN BEING HURT. THEY DID RELEASE THIS STATEMENT. "TODAY TWO INMATES WERE INJURED AT COLUMBIA CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION. NO STAFF AT THE INSTITUTION WERE INJURED AND ALL ARE SAFE AND ACCOUNTED FOR. THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH ITS LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER. ". THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF VIOLENCE AT THIS FACILITY. JUST LAST MONTH, THE PRISON WAS PLACED ON LA LOCKDOWN AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAID AN INMATE ATTACKED TWO OFFICERS. THIS IS ALSO THE SAME PRISON WHERE CORRECTIONS OFFICER RUBIN THOMAS WAS STABBED BY AN INMATE TWO YEARS AGO. NOW, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CARS GOING IN AND OUT. AGAIN THE INFORMATION WE HAVE IS VERY MINIMAL. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT TWO INMATES HAVE BEEN HURT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IS NOW HANDLING THIS INVESTIGATION. WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN IT CONFIRMED THEY WERE STABBED OR SHOT. WHAT WE WERE TOLD IS THEY APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN SHOT. BUT, AGAIN, THAT HAS NOT BEEN A CONFIRMED. THIS IS A STORY WE WILL BE KEEPING OUR EYE ON. REPORTING LIVE IN LAKE CITY. I'M ASHLEY HARDING. CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL STATION. AND I KNOW, ASHLEY, WITH BREAKING NEWS AND THE TIMING OF THIS, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN TOUGH TO GET OUTSIDE OF WHERE THAT JAIL IS. HAVE YOU HEARD FROM ANY OF THE LAKE CITY RESIDENTS? HAVE THEY EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERN OR THEIR THOUGHTS TONIGHT? YOU KNOW, KENT, WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY TALK TO ANYONE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HERE TRYING TO FACT GATHER. BUT I KNOW SOME PEOPLE DID CALL INTO OUR NEWSROOM CONCERNED THAT THIS IS YET AGAIN ANOTHER VIOLENT INCIDENT AT THIS PRISON. ASHLEY HARDING REPORTING LIVE

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